Later briefing today, 11:00am, and after hearing the partying at 3:00am this morning, it was probably needed!! With the low cloud cover, and conditions not set to improve until early afternoon, small tasks were set again today. Task A 124.25km first launch was taken at 2:30pm!
However, Rob and I had popped into Cirencester for supplies, and got sidetracked having lunch, so missed his launch!! We therefore sat in the sun watching Dan on Glide and Seek with a glass or two!
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| Dan got back, with a deteoriating sky (Sally Hender) |
The task was another challenge! Again the boy went early, but this time it looked like a good decision. On the third leg, he scraped around in a 1 knot thermal for ages, trying to get some height, ending up going into cloud. With the little height he had, he made the choice to turn around and head for home, again realising those around him were struggling, and landing out.
Fortunately, he made it back again, which meant he didn’t have a retrieve, and with worsening skies, it was definitely a good decision!
Seventh place today with 222 points, (first place only achieved 308 points), 16th place overall so far for the week. - Sally Hender